The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-05 00:00:00

I.,WW THE ATRE-ItO VAL, ADELP HI.- k.ll z_4ole PrormitoP and Mannevr. 51 - ?. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, ICI ON PARIJE FRANC-US: Mr J L. Toole, • kt to Eight, the New Drama of 1,141ATI: Miss Bate man, suppOrted by Messrs. Arthur Stirlinz, R. Phillips, Bil ington, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne; Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Billingten. • To conclude with LADY BELLE BELLE; or, Fortnnlo and his Seven Maei; Men. Messrs. J. Ciarke, it. Stephenson ; Miss Woolgar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss . Patti Josephs, Miss L. Laidlaw, Miss Seaman. Commence at 7. COALS. —The LILL - Co. :SHALL COMPANY'S LLS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis' 26s. per ton. I Double.. 2la. per ton. Top 255. „ I J Nut 5........ Ws. „ Deep 22s. „ NV 01 screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddinuton, W. Best Cole Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. esash y . A . St?: i aVUllt ) HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Twis DAY.—Morning, llh. 55m.—Afternoon. h. m. ro.mox.sow.-?Morning, 12h. 30m.—Afternoon, 12h. 59m. THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT—The MODERN AUGUSTUS, Szc., in FUN This Week. One Penny. I ..4ig it hts ol‘fil'Aerfjori;nanSceT-YTu'eSsdays'i T H hu E rsd A ay l s, and Saturdays. TO-MORROW EVENING, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6. FAUST (In English). Lemmeus-Sherrington, Taccani, and Florence Lancia. Santley, Marchesi, Dussek, and Sims Reeves. Conductor—Signor Arditi. Commence at Eight. Box-office of the Theatre open daily. Tickets, also, at Messrs. Chappell and Co.'s, 50, New Bond street. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. THIS EVENING, BLANCHE DE NEVERS. Miss L. Pyne, Mr. W. Harrison, &c. After which, a Grand Christmas Pantomime, on a s3ale of unprecedented ma..4niticence, entitled HARLEQUIN ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Doors open at half-past Six—Commence at Seven. rpHEATRE ROYAL DRUR Y-L AN E. ut- Managers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, the Performances will commence with he New Serio-Comic Drama, by Edmund Falconer, entitled 1 4IGHT AND MORN. Principal characters by Mr. Phelps, supported by Messrs. Ryder, Raynor, Fitzjames, and Misses It. Leclercq, Atsinson, and Heath. To conclude with the new Grand ChristmTheas Comic Panto mime of SINBAD THE SAILOR • or, Seven of the World. Clowns, Messrs. 11. Boleno and C. Lauri; liarlequins, Messrs. J. Cormack and S. Saville ; Pantaloons, Messrs. W A. Barnes and J. I 3 (wait; ; Columbines, Madame Boleno and Misses Gunnies. Prices as usual. Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. BEL DE NIONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated Every Evening during the Week. T HIS EVENING, the performance will commence with a New and Original Farce, entitled THE LOST CHILD : Me4srs. II• Widdicombe, Shore, Garden, F. Charles Collett, ` Misses Percy, Pauline Lealercq, Wood, Mrs. Lee, vreland ; and Miss E• Lavenu. *ter which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DE3(ONIO, a Love Story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian chronicle - i," by Mr. John Brougnam. Principal charac t: , r by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles, Ilrow,rhym, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford, Collett, Sims ,• Miss 31. Henrade, Miss ill. Lavenu,Mrs. Lee, and Sips Elsworthy. The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is made to the occupaztts of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either to: play bills or for the safe keeping of hat .4 and cloaks, and teat the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to receive any gratuities whatever. Box-office open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7. lIHEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN: Messrs. Sothern, Buckstone, Chippendale, Braid, Gordon, Rogers, Clark, Cullentord, &c. ; Mesdames Angel, Snowden, Terry, Lindley, Hill, &c. After which, KING ARTHUR ; or The Days and Knights of the Round Table. Messrs. Chippendale, Compton, Braid, Clark, Rogers, Tilbury, &c. ; Mesdames L. Keeley, Brough, Wright, Terry, Lindley, Rogers, &e. Commence at 7. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, DONNA DIANA. After which, HARLKQULN LITTLE TOM TUCKER; or The Fine Lady of Banbury Cross, and the Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe and Had so Many Children she didn't snow what to do. N I G II T. LEA H.-EVERY MISS BA.TEMAN. NEISS BATEMAN.-LEAH.-THIS EVENING, IVA_ the 109th appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss BA. r EMAN, in the character of LEAH. In consequence of the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso nation of the prir.cipal character in the new Five Act Drama of LEAH has been attended. Mr Webster begs to announce that it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further notice. R OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crox•ded with rank and fashion.—The New Comedy of THE LEVER LINING every Evening.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews, Airs. Stirling, vlrs. Prank Matthews, and Mr. J. L. Toole every evening. The following eminent artistes are engaged :—Mr. Benjamin Webster. Mr. J. L. To. le, Mr. Paul Redford, Mr. 14% - ederie Robinson. Mr. Ashley, and Mr. Chas. Mathews Mrs. hurling., Miss Herbert. Mrs. Frank Mat thews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Went worth, and Mrs. Charles Mataews. _ • THIS ii:VENING, and during; the Week, at 7 o'c'ock, rn entirely new Comedy, in a Acts, ty Leicester Bucking ham, Esq., entitled 'Ph F SILVER LLNI Mr. Charles Mathew, , , 31r. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr, John s•one, Mr. Monta4 ,- ue ; Mrs 4 harles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, 31;ss Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by 1:r. Charles Mathews just translated from the French) in his characteristic character of Un Anglais Timide, entitled COOL AS A CUCUMBEK. To conclude with 185?: or, THE SENSATIONS OF THE PAST SEASON : Mr..T. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. A. Cottrell, and Miss Fanny Josephs. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manazer, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING. UNLIMITED CONFIDENCE. Mr. Beltord, Mr. Parselle ; Miss Marie Wilton, Miss Thorne. Alter which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORPHEUS AND MIRY 1)10E : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton, Mesdames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, &c. Followed by MARGATE SANDS. Commence at 7. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, Dan be had Every Evening of G. 11. GLENIE, Nzws ACRNT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, Feb. 5, 1864. THERMOM ETER. This day at Two o'clock 36 Earometer-30.00. Wind —N.; moderate, and fine. LONDON, FRIDAY, FEB. 5, 1864. The Four great Parliamentary Gladiators con fronted each other yesterday—two in the arena of the Lords, two in the arena of the Commons—like " giants refreshed.' Whatever may be thought of Lord DP.RBY'S good-humoured onslaught upon the Government —and it must certainly be allowed to have lacked nothing at all in the way either of vigour or vivacity whatever may be the im pression caused by Lord RUSSELL'S sarcastic retaliation—it will assuredly be allowed on all hands that, last evening, both Mr. DISRAELI and Lord PALMERSTON were at their very best. Houses so densely crowded, at such an early hour, upon the 1 1 first day of the session, we cannot very readily recall to mind. Immediately after the new peels and the new members had respectively taken their oaths and their seats—eight new peers, it will be observed, and a dozen new members (conspicuous among thenewly sworn-in P eers, being the late Eaz 1 of MULGRAVE, now seer nd Marquess of NORMAN BY, and the late Mr. MoNcKToN MILNES, now first -Baron liotrcirroN: conspicuous among the new members of the lionise of Commons, being just no one in particular !)—scarcely had this preliminary business of the first sitting of the Houses been duly goI through, when it became perceptible at a glance, more especially in the Rouse of Commons, that the Government and the Opposition benches were alike crowded from the front row until far back under the shadow of the galleries. I n each House the debates commenced almost simulta neously. For, while the Lords did not meet again, after the opening of Parliament in the afternoon, until about five o'clock, the Commons, alth ough meeting at four p.m., consumed very nearly on (3 hour with a dawdling delivering-in of notices o motion. Nearly, therefore, WO say, at about th E same time, the opening Discussions of the k session-- the discussions upon the Royal Speech and the Loyal Addresses commenced. The proposers and seconders of the Addresses, arrayed—according to the ridiculous etiquette of the Legislature in gold laced unifornis of some kind or another, one as a Rifle Volunteer, one as an officer of Yeomanry, one as a deputy lieutenant of a county, together so many doomed oratorical Men in Buckram—had, as usual, to bear the brunt of inaugurating the debates of the year. Happily, perhaps, in one respect, (though unhappily beyond all doubt in another, see lug that they were dreadfully long-winded) the the Marquess of SLIGO and Lord ABERCROMBIE were nearly inaudible, even in the body of the House of Peers. While—in the Commons — if the modest harangue of Lord RICHARD GROSVENOR were (as it certainly was not) one jot better than a mere schoolboy oration, the speech of Mr. GOSCHEN, the new member for the City of London, unquestionably rose, before its conclu sion, to a level of considerable excellence. It was throughout a manly, straight-forward, well-consi dered address, and was delivered, all through, with very good effect, the immediate close of it, as just now hinted, telling admirably from its mere earnest- ness. Thereupon,withont further parley, came at once the Tug of War " with a will"—in the Lords between the Earl of DERBY and Earl RUSSELL, in the Com mons between Mr. DISRAELI and Lord PALMER STON. Than the remarks of the noble Earl the Leader of her MAJZSTY'S Opposi tion, upon the meddling system upon which the Foreign Secretary appears to be bent upon ♦indicating, in the most inconsistent manner pos sible, the Procrustian policy of Non-Interven tion, none, surely, could have been more thoroughly exhilarating, because none could very well have been more genuinely humorous in their application I— "' Nihil intactum reliquit,' " exclaimed Lord DERBY, quoting from Dr. Jomisort's epitaph on Dr. GOLDSMITH in the neighbouring Abbey, " tetigit quod non' I cannot say ornavit,' but conturbavit.' (Laughter.) The policy of the noble earl, as illustrated by his appli cation of the principle of non-intervention, may be given in two homely vernacular words, meddle and muddle.' (Laughter.) The course of the noble lord's correspondence in every difficulty that has arisen has been lecturing, scolding, blustering and re treating. (Cheers.) The policy of the Cabinet re minds me of another party of actors, who figure in the Midsummer Night's Dream: The noble earl himself seems anxious to combine the parts of two members of that company—Bottom, the weaver, and Snug, the joiner. He is, like Bot tom the weaver, ambitious to play every part, not excepting that most satisfactorily played by Moon shine. (Laughter.) But his favourite part is that of the Lion. He says, ' Let me play the Lion ; I will roar so that it shall do a man's heart good ; so that men shall say, well roared the Lion.' (Laughter.) He knows also how to follow the other part of the example set him by Bottom—how to aggravate his voice like any sucking dove. (Renewed laughter.) He has had recourse also to that ingenious device mentioned by the dramatist,' Let not the audience be too much alarmed by the Lion, let us show them one side of my face under my skin, and let us say I am no Lion at all, but only Bottom the weaver.' (Roars of laughter.)" Lord RUSSELL'S characteristic return in kind, for which hard hitting—when his time came in due course for the indulgence of a little tart and smart telling, if not actually quelling retaliation —was, it will be perceived, this eminently terse, almost witty, rejoinder as the very first sentence of his harangue in reply :—" The noble earl has borrowed his wit from his memory and his facts from his imagination." It is true that we happen to have heard something exceedingly like that before. But let that pass, for we want to turn:our remarks now, for some brief while at least, to the Two Speeches last night in the House of Commons, the speech of Mr. DISRAELI and the speech of Lorl PALMERSTON. As bold, outspoken harangues inaugurative of the Debates of the Session, they were worthy in every way of the two great statesmen. We hardly remember when either the noble lord the Prime Minister, or his formidable assailant the right hon. gentleman the leader of the Opposition, has begun the struggle of a session with more energy and animation, The very tone of voice, the mere personal bearing of Mr. DISRAELI appeared to indicate hisdetermination to enact his part, whatever it may turn out to be, this year most energetically. And this—unusually for him (the exordium of a speech of Mr. DISRAELI'S, being ordinarily delivered almost, one might say, sotto voce, with suppressed power and studied deliberation)—this ringing voice and trenchant accentuation of his words, being noticeable yesterday in the right hon. gentleman's remarks at the very outset, in his very open ing sentences. Ex. gr. his introductory reference to the Royal Speech, as appearing to him to be " a document not addressed to the time in which we live, and bearing no due relation to the circum stances of the day "—a document of which he said afterwards, "If it were not for one paragraph, in which an appeal is made to the unaffected loyalty of the nation by reminding ua of the birth of an heir to the Prince of Wales, I really see no reason why it should not have been composed in any other year than A.D. 1864." Could anything, moreover, have been pore completely, more intensely seci generis than Mr. DISRAELI'S comment upon one little result of Lord RUSSELL'S bewildering scheme of diplomacy, that namely, coming to light recently in Greece—"We all know that against fate you may guard, but no human sagacity can Mae the uncon scious machinations of stupidity!" Again—when re ferring to the English Foreign Secretary's singularly curt and most irritating because most offensive rejec tion of the EMPEROR'S no doubt scarcely practica ble, but still humane and magnanimous project of a Great European Congress—the right hon. gentle man delivered himself thus admirably of his senti ments : " The position of the Emperor of the FRENCH," he said, " is peculiar. He has publicly, almost ostentatiously, proclaimed it to Europe, and therefore there is no in delicacy in referring to it—ha has told you that he is not like the Emperor of AUSTRIA or the Emperor of RUSSIA. He does not stand upon tradition—he is not hedged in by the magic of prescriptive right. Ile has been created, and can only be maintained, by the sympathies of his people—a proud, imperious, and discontented people. Humiliate the idol, and the worshippers are disquieted. A considerate ally might have remembered this. An ally who had encouraged the very policy which had involved the Emperor o f the FRENCII—an ally who had been the par t aker of his project, and fully shared his diplomatic .discomfiture—such an ally ought not have received the proposition for a congress in a spirit of cynical criticism. I maintain that the natural language of diplomacy is conciliatory. I say that it is to be regretted that the Foreign Secretary of State did not find a happier medium for expression than a sneer." The perfect reasonableness of all which, -who is there—saving only it may be some thick and thin apologist of the Minister—will for one instant venture to gainsay ? Caustic, however, though Mr. DISRAELI was last evening, as Mr. DISRAELI can be when he lists—Lord PAL. MERSTON was still a match for him, even when his thrusts were seemingly the deadliest : and he was thus a match forhiw, moreover, with the easy grace of an imperturbable bonhommie. Taunted with having no Policy and having no Allies, Lord P- ALMER STON'S reply was—if only for the mere manner of it' the scarcely perceptible shrug of the shoulders, the barely appreciable inflection of the voice—ex quisitely felicitous. Thus, when referring to the Schleswig - Holstein difficulty, when that difficulty gave indications of having reached a very climax of complication, quoth the veteran Premier last evening, "We, in con junction with France, Russia, and Sweden—we have no allies—(laughter)—we are entirely unsup ported by any one—(laughter)—but it so happens that, by some combination of circumstances or other, some Powers are acting with us—call this what you like—we, with France, Russia, and Sweden, have called on Prussia to wait till the the time necessary for assembling the Danish Parliament, to procure the revocation of the constitution." Again, a little later on, when alluding to another incident—" We made," he said " many applications to prevent this, but we had no policy.' (A laugh.) But it was done somehow or other. We made this proposal." The House, naturally, roaringwith merriment at each of these good humoured rejoinders of the Prime Minister—a merriment equally contagious with the Opposition as with the Government ! Unpremeditated illus trations by the House of Commons, as one may say, of— " Laughter holding both its sides ! " Such, altogether, were the salient points noticeable in regard to last evening's discussions in the Lords and Commons upon the occasion of the first sitting of Parliament this session. The drift of those discussions has not by one iota altered our view as! expressed upon the instant in The Sun of yesterday, immediately after the delivery of the Royal Speech on the openineof the Legislature—it has not altered, we repeat, by one iota our opinion as to the bewildering haziness of that Speech as a programme for the session, or as to the enigma tical character of the Policy of the Government, even if it should be proved in the end to have really any definable Policy whatever. The revelations made by the Sanitary Inspector at Norwich respecting the condition of the dwel lings of our apiculture' labourers are sufficient to startle the most incredulous or indifferent. As this gentleman boldly appends his name and address to the statistics which he furnishes, and as they re main unchallenged, there is no reasonable excuse for doubting his statements. In his official capacity he has naturally come into contact with many evils which might escape the notice of casual visitors, and it is certainly high time that these secrets should be dragged to the light of day, and public opinion brought to bear upon the matter. The miserable places which he now describes are, he tells us, to be found on the estates of noblemen and gentlemen of good position, who are ambitious of legislating for the nation while they are incapable of ruling their own property rightly. The evil, says Mr. CLARKE, abounds in both open tied close parishes, but the greater number of the instances he has now brought forward are taken from private estates. One of the cottages he has seen has one small, ill ventilated bed-room occu pied by eight persons ! No ventilation would suffice for sash a Black Hole unless the windows were wide open day and night. But our pleasant English villages abound with such Black Holes. Mr. CLARKE has seen one in which a man, his wife, and three daughters—the eldest 20—sleep in a room lift. by 10ft. 4in. ; and another, from which the commonest conveniences are absent, where father and mother, five daughters, and two sons are compelled to sleep in one room. One place is de scribed as " an old clay hut with two chambers ;" another as. "a clay hovel cracked and tumbling about in all directions inside and out ;" a third as " a wretched old hovel consisting of two low rooms." Well may Mr. CLARKE, as sanitary officer, speak of the ravages of fever among a population housed like this, crowded into miserable hovels entirely deficient in all sanitary arrangements, with crumb ling walls and often leaking roof. What are the landlords about ? Doubtless many of them will readily come forward with their donations to charities, their annual subscriptions to schools and asylums, regardless of the fact that they are making paupers and sufferers by the homes to which they are condemning their poorer tenants. Of such inconsistency, it may be said, without irreverence, " These ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.' Those who clamour for the political rights of the people had better first devote their energies to securing some recognition of their rights as civilised human beings. Such homes as those described above are a disgrace to any estate, and in their tendency to produce fever, to encourage epidemics, to lower the moral tone, and take away the self respect of the labouring classes, they surely bring in some degree their punishment. The misfortune is that that punishment falls heaviest on the inno cent party. It comes in broken health, dirt, and discomfort to the parents, and it opens the way to the direct temptations for the children. Decency and cleanliness and comfort are consulted in our pri sons; they should surely not be altogether impos sibilities in an honest working man's home. As a well-known writer has justly said, "To keep on an estate, not only the marketable value must be paid for its labour, but in that value must be included real decent homes. If this is not done, the labour of an estate, ever in a state of transition, will be one continued plague to the owner and the tenantry." This need of decent houses is greatly felt by the poor in London, where the rents are so high as to be a terrible drain on their scanty re sources. Miss BURDETT COUTTS, Mr. WATERLOW, and others, have endeavoured to mitigate the evil, and Mr. PEABODY'S munificent gift is being de voted to the same good cause. There are some points about the new houses built by the trustees of this fund, however, which might, we think, be modified with advantage, if the object is to benefit those most in need of help. The rents are above the reach of the struggling poor who can hardly keep their heads above water. Yet they more than others need decent and well-kept homes to preserve them from sinking into utter degradation. Again, some houses should surely be built out of this mag nificent fund which should be for the accommodation not of the respectable but of the most needy. It is well, of course, to encourage respectability, bat a well-to-do artisan, with a little furniture about him, can with no great difficulty get clean and respectable rooms, and it is for those sinking step by step, whose things have been perhaps taken for rent, or pledged for pressing need, that help is most wanted. Such persons are often refused admittance into decent apartments and are driven to low alleys, and dis reputable courts, in which they soon become absorbed into the mass of dirty and disorderly inhabitants. The return becomes next to impos sible, and habits of drunkenness and pauperism are confirmed by their reckless associates ; the children play with the unkempt and ill-taught I ragamuffins round them, until they too add to the VIII, SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY INENING, _FEBRUARY 5, 1864. lint of the new generation of oir dangerous chases. In London, as in the province, there is much to do, but while we must look mainly to private benevolence for the one, we mist hope that public inquiry wili do something forthe other. Among all the varying topics that will be brought before the reassembled Parliament, the should surely not be overlooked. It concerns thi welfare of a great body of the people whom they represent. It will not be difficult to obtain full particuars on the subject. Mr. CLARKE in his letter offe s to furnish com plete details to a Parliamentary Committee, and we trust he will be taken at his wod. At any rate the session should not be sufferet to close without something having bean done to mitigate a very serious evil, and to remove waist is in the present state of things a national disgrace. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF•PAST 4 O'CLOCK. HAMBURG. HAMBURG, Feb. 3.—The Emperor Alexander has replied to a petition of the Jews and peasants of Augustow, praying for the annexation of that Palatinate to the Russian Empire, that no such arrangement can possibly take place. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. WINDSOR RACES-THIS DAY. 03Y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DOILOUGH DIEMBEE.S' YLA'fli. Ironßides Sir Bobby SELLING STEEPLECHASE. Levity Grey Peter Diadem Four ran. HUNTERS' STAKES. Ribbonman 1 Countess Five ran. MILITARY STEEPLECHASE. Agnes 1 Cheviot • 2 Redwing Eight ran, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—This Evening, The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the woolsack at five o'clock. RAILWAYS IN THE METROPOLIS. Earl PO WIS seeing the noble earl, the President of the Council, in place, begged to ask him whether he could state the course the Government intended to pursue with respect to the projected railways within the metropolis. He thought it was absolutely necessary that some control should be exercised over the numberless projects about to be brought under the consideration. Earl GRANVILLE said the question was certainly one of great importance, and it had frequently been under the consideration of the Government during the recess. They had arrived at the conclusion that the best way of dealing with the subject would be found in the recommendation of the committee which was appointed by their lordships last year. One of those recommendations was that the Board of Trade should reporton the subject, which had been d one, and another was that a committee should be appointed by Par liament to further consider the subject. In accordance with that recommendation it was proposed to move for a committee in the other house, and in the event of its being done, then he proposed to move for a similar committee in their lordships' house, and supposing there should be no objection, the two committees would act as one, and by that means the subject would receive the best and most careful consideration. TIIE ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION. The Archbishop of YORK moved for copies of two re ports of committees of the Ecclesiastical Commission. His object was to remove from their lordships' mind the im pression that the Ecclesiastical Commission was receiving much and doing little. The Earl of RAVENSW ORTH complained that the right rev. prelate had altogether omitted all reference to a large item set down as the cost of management, which he believed amounted to something little short of £50,000 per annum. He thought the time had now arrived when it should be fully considered whether the Ecclesiast:cal Com mission, as at present constructed, was the best body for dealing with such large sums of money as came under their control. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY defended the committee from the charge of extravagance. There was the cost of three large establishments included in the charge for management, and he did not think their lordships would consider £50,000 too much, when it was considered that they had to deal with property valued at £30,000,000. The Earl of POW IS objected to the large amount charged for management. The Bishop of LONDON said the ecclesiastical members of the Commission were not responsible for the financial arrangements of the Commission. They were con ducted by that portion of it which was presided over by the noble earl (Chichester), who ho saw in his place, which was termed the "estates committee." The Earl of CHICHESTER defended the course taken by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. LEFT SPEAKING. HOUSE OF COMMONS--This Evening. The SPEAKER, took the chair at four o'clock. NEW MEMBERS. Sir Roundel Palmer, the Attorney-General ; Sir R. P. Collier, the Solicitor-General; took the oaths and their seats on their re•election respectively for Richmond and Plymouth. THE COURT-MARTIAL ON COL. CRAWLEY. Mr. FORTESCUE asked the Under Secretary of State for War whether he would lay upon the table of the house the proceedings of the late court martial on Colcnel Crawley, together with the plans referred to in the evidence : and whether, with a view to the elucidation of such plans, an opportunity would be afforded to members of the house of inspecting the models produced before the court martial. The Marquis of lIARTINGTON said it was not desir able generally to lay proceedings of courts-martial before the house, but under the peculiar circumstances of the present case, if the honourable member would move for the production of the documents in question, they as well as the plans would be laid on the table. MALTA Sir G. BO WYER. asked the Under Secretary of State for the Co:onies whether Government had received a uetition from Malta, praying for reforms in the constitution and government of the island ; and whether it would be laid before Parliament ? Mr. C. FORTESCUE had not heard of any such hav ing been received, or being expected to be received. Sir L. PALK asked the President of the Board of Trade whether a cargo from a Prussian port, consigned to an English merchant, on English account, would be respected in case of capture, so that it might bo reshipped in an Ecg lish ship ? Mr. M. GIBSON said that the case referred to a cargo on boatel of a Prussian vessel. He supposed Denmark was a party to the declaration of the treaty of Paris, by which goods of a neutral country under a foreign flag would be respected by that country. THE ADDRESS TO THE ROYAL SPEECH. Lord RICHARD GROSVENOR brought up the report on the Address to the Royal Speech, wnich was read. Mr. WHITESIDE objected to that portion of the seconder's speech which spoke of the internal prosperity ot the empire, although he bore testimony to his high ability. How could that apply to Ireland ? He quoted the words of Lord Macaulay as to the vast importance of Ireland to the Imperial interests, before which dwarfed all our colo nial possessions. He alluded to the statements of the right hon. gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer last year relative to the state of Ireland, which he described as. much depressed as it was painful. He cited the state ments of other gentlemen to show that the prospects of the country had undergone no improvement. He described the legislation of the right hon. gentleman (the Chan cellor of the Exchequer) on two important branches of production which affected land, namely, distil leries and paper as most injurious. He quoted statistics furnished certain paper manuttoturers in Ireland in support of his argument. Two of those paper manufac turers resided in Galway and the county ot Cork. The result was that a large number of persons were thrown out of employment. The emigration from Ireland between the years :841 and 1863 was 2,718,000, and that emigra tion was increasing. Mills was a political economist ofgreat ability, from whom they might differ, and whom it was often difficult to answer. According to his theory cottiers or possessors of only one acre should be displaced, which would amount to 40,000 such posses sors and their families, and if the same principles was extended to holders of five acres, 14,000 with their families would be expelled from the land. If the doctrine ,were still further extended it would depopulate the country to the (extent of 200,000. (Hear, hear.) After some further observations to the same point, ho thought that there should have been some expression of sympathy for the sufferers in Ireland, similar to that with respect to Manchester. He had no hope of improvement from the efforts of the local government in Ireland. The right hon. gentleman having referred in humorous terms to the statement of the 'member for Stroud (Mr. Horsman) when Secretary for Ireland that he had nothing to do, he next adverted in the same strain to Sir Robert Peel, whern he described as having dashed into the country, and represented himself like Julius Czesar to the Senate. Veni vidi vici. ,t (Laughter.) lie deprecated the exclusion from the Government of Ireland of its native property and intelligence. [LEFT SITTING.] Mr. Mayhew, who is well known as a writer on the condition of the lower classes, and whose book on Germany we lately reviewed (says the Guardian), has been appointed consul at Copenhagen. It is to be hoped that he may form a more favourabie opinion of the Scandinavisns than he has of the Teutons. AMERICA. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) (Per the Scotia vitt Crookhaven). NEW YORK, JAN. 27. Advices from Charleston to the 23d, state that the Federals were throwing one shell into the city every five mir.utes night and day. Vice• President Stephensis seriously ill. _ _ Mr. Fernando Wocd has spoken strongly in the House of Representatives in favour of peace, declaring that the Administration opposed the restoration of the Union, and favoured the continuance of the war for partisan advantage. He said that the most damnable deeds were perpe trated under the plea of patriotism. The Republican members of the New Jersey Legislature have nominated Mr. Lincoln for the Presidency. The Damascus has arrived out. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, JAN. 27. Money tight. Gold, 57; pm. Exchange on London, 172; on Paris, 3.221. Stocks lower; New York Central, 1351 ; Illinois, 126 ; Erie, 1071; 6 per Cent. U. S. Bonds, 1051. Cotton very dull. Flour dull. Wheat, good inquiry. Corn tending do , ,i n wards. Provi sions quiet. Coffee steady. Sugar in good demand. Molasses inactive. Petroleum, crude, 31 to 32 ; refined, 46 to 48. THE INVASION OF SCHLESWIG. COPENHAGEN, Feb. 5, 2.18 p.m. Up to this time nothing new has been received from Schleswig. THE EXTRAORDINARY BUDGET OF 1865. PARIS, FEB. 5. The extraordinary budget for 1863, laid before the Corps Legislatif, yesterday, asks for a total credit of 108,650,000 francs. LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, FEB. 4. The Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade give notice, that they have appointed John Thomas Hob son, Esq., Alfred E. Fletcher, Esq., Brereton Todd, Esq., and Charles Blatherwick, EE q., to be Sub-Inspectors of Alkali Works, in conformity with the provisions of the Act 26 and 27 Vic., c. 124. BANKRUPTS That portion of the Gazette containing the bankrupts lead not arrived when we went to press. Course of the Exchange.--This Day. A-nisterdam Ditto Rotterdam .. 12 0/ 12 1 Antwerp .. 25 70 25 75 Brussels — 25 70 25 75 Hamburgh — 13 71 13 81 Paris Ditto 3 Months : 25 771 25 85 Marseilles Frankfort on Maine — 119# 119 a Vienna Trieste Petersburgh — 34 33 Berlin — Madrid . .•. 471 47 4 Cadiz Leghorn — 25 85 25 921 M i lan Genoa ,-- 25 85 25 90 Naples Palermo .. . 25 871 25 921 Messina — 25 87/ 25 921 Lisbon — 521 52a Oport 0..- Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per 0z.... £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doublons 0 0 0 HONEY MARKET. AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is a little easier feeling in the discount market to-day, and although 8 per cent. is the gene ral rate, occasional operations are reported a frac tion lower. The bullion operations at the Bank yesterday comprised the influx of £24,000 in bar gold, and the withdrawal of 50,000 sovereigns. The Mexican dollars by the last West India packet have been sold at ss. 3d. per oz. for trans.. mission to Holland. The Bank of England returns for the week to Wednesday last is generally favourable, as will be seen by the following particulars : Active Circulation .. £20,555,650 Increase .. 268,575 Bullion .. 13,303,243 Increase .. .. 281,023 Rest .. 3,465,103 Increase .. 35,132 Public Deposits 6,748,867 Increase .. .. 411,621 Other Deposits.. .. 13,372,981 Decrease •• •• .. .. 33,646 Seven Day and other Bills .. 606,976 Increase 18,226 Government Securities .. 11,124,584 Increase 47,395 Other Securities 20,214,750 Increase .. 371,490 Notes Unemployed .. 6,720,335 Increase .. 6,400 A number of influential gentlemen have taken the preliminary steps and subscribed a large portion of the required capital for the formation of a City Club and Dining-hall on a very extensive scale; a most eligible site has been secured for the erection of the buildings. The full prospectus of the com pany will be issued to the public to-morrow. The prospectus has appeared of the .Credit Fon cier Limited, brought forward by the Mercantile Credit Association. The object is to grant advances upon all kinds of interests on lauds, buildings, and approved securities, such as title and other deeds. The promoters refer to the advantages of an under taking of this description for Great Britain and Ireland, both to the company and the borrower. The capital required is £3,000,000, end the first issue is to consist, of 10,000 shares of £lOO each. Two O'CLOCK. At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were quoted 66f, 30c. Firm. The position of the Stock Exchange Markets to day exhibits a more cheering aspect. There appears to be a general belief that England may yet be kept out of the entanglements of continental politics into which she has been so unhappily dragged. Pur chases have therefore been the order of the day, and the English Funds are 1. per cent. better, Consols being 90p,,, for money, and 91 for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are also better at 9.) , ?- 4 &, Exchequer Bills 10s. to Is. dis., and India 5 per Cents. 1031 1041. In the Foreign Market au important rise has taken place in the value of all the principal specu lative securities, and business is more active. Turkish 6 per cents., 1858, are 691 a ; ditto Con solides, 461, 47 ; Mexican, 351 36; Greek, 21-Z- ; Spanish Passive, 327 ; Portuguese, 471 1 ; and the Confederate Loan, 48 50. In the Railway Share Market there has been rather more animation, and prices generally have tended upwards. Caledonian have advanced £1 10a.; North Western and Midland, £1; Great Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Metropo litan, 1; and Great Eastern, Great Northern, and South Western, ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain without any material changes in values. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue in moderate request at about former prices. Union of Australia realise 52 ; London and Westminster, 781 ; National Shipping are at 14 11 prem. ; Land Securities at 11 1/ prem.; and Australian Naviga tion at 41 51 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3lper Cent. Consols Ditto Account, March 5 9l 904 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent. 9 oi 2 i New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1891 73 Annuities, April, 1885 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1580.. Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2a & 3 per Cent. 4 dis Ditto £5OO .. 4 dis Ditto £lOO and £2OO Bank Engljnd Stk, 41, per Ct., last:hf.-yr. INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 213 Ditto Account Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Ditto Account Ditto 4 per CFnt., Oct. 1888.. . Ditto EnfacediPaper, 4 per Cent...... Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. 103 Ditto 51 per Cent., May, 1879 .. Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 Ditto ditto Aug., 1566 Ditto Bonds.El,ooo Ditto under £l,OOO .... FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 1859 Ditto Account Brazilian 6 per Cent .... look Ditto, 1839 and 1859 ..... Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto 1863 Ditto Scrip, 1863, £55 paid Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto Account 9l Chi lian 6 per Cent. Ditto 4f pet Cent Colombian 6 Scrip £5O pd Cuba, 6 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent, Dutch, 2f per Cent., Ex. 12 Guilders Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Ditto 5 per Cent. 1864 Ditto Scrip, £lO paid.... Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent l3l Ditto, Provisonal Land Warrant Egyptian 7 per Cent lolk Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. Ditto Account Ditto Coupons Ditto Account Guatemala 5 per Cent. Italian 5 per Uent.(Marenunana Railway) 74 Mexican 3 per Cent - - Ditto Account 353 Gh 5 1 Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deferred Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) Piedmontese, 5 per Cent.,:Ex. 25f Ditto, 1863 Ditto Scrip (1863) £42 Bs. 3d. paid — pm Peruvian 3per Cent. .. Ditto Account Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account.. Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 Ditto Account Russian 6 per Cent., 1822, £ St 92 Ditto 4 per Cent 1850 ... . 85± Ditto 1860 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 Sardinian 5 per Cent .... Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account — Ditto Ndw Deferred Ditto Account Ditto Passive Ditto Account 32a Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded .. Ditto Account l3l a a Swedish, 4 per Cent Carkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account BO Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 .. Ditto Account Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account.... Ditto £lOO Bonds• 674 k 7 Ditto 6 per Cent, 1863, Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent lOO Venezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account 23 Dividends on the above payable in Lond in Dutch2l per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates French Rentes, 4/ per Cent., Ex. 25f —. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account.... ..... 66f THREE O'CLOCK. Consols Money 901 Ditto Account . • .......... 91 / M. Bishop, who was condemned to the galleys at Naples for conspiring in favour of Francis 11. has arrived in Rome, together with his companion in rniifortune, Count Christen. ABERDEEN has resolved to erect a statue of her Majesty, and, with a view to encouraging native talent, th e statue has been intrusted to Mr. R. Brodie. THE ARCHIVES OF HIS HOLINESS, according to a paragraph in La France, are in course of being examined and catalogued. This has led to the disinterment of a large quantity of music of all dates which had been stowed away in the Quirinal Palace. A good deal of it is said to be of the period known as the pre-Palestrinian. If we have not the best artillery in the world, according to a writer in the new number of the Quarterly Reviow, no other nation has better. THE SHAKSPERE TERCENTENARY, It seems that the committee at Stratford-on-Avon have got into a serious misunderstanding with Mr. Phelps. From the correspondence which Mr. Phelps has published (and for the insertion of the whole of the documents composing which we regret we have not space) it appears that he was applied to early in December last to take part in the dramatic perfor mances at the festival in April next. To this request Mr. Phelps accede:l, and on the 16th January he received a letter from Mr. Bellow, on behalf of the Stratford Committee, proposing that he should una dertake the part of Itichimo in the play of " Cymbe line." To this proposal Mr. Phelps gave an indig nant refusal, and Mr. Bellew replied, offering to get up "Macbeth," "Othello," or any other play of Shakspere's that would be more acceptable to him, except "Hamlet," the part of Hamlet having been offered to another gentleman. In reply to this, Mr. Phelps wrote the following letter, which we may leave to speak for itself : "My dear Sir,—l claim the right, upon the follow ing grounds, to be considered the foremost man in my profession in a demonstration meant to honour Stiakspere. I have produced worthily 34 of his plays, which no individual manager ever did before. They were acted in my theatre 4,000 times, during a period extending over 18 years. I acted to the satisfaction of a large English public all his heroes —tragic and comic—and to that public I shall appeal, and publish this correspondence. The Stratford Committee have insulted me by asking any man in this country to play Hamlet on such at occasion without having first offered a choice of characters to yours faithfully, " S. PHELPS. To this letter Mr. Flower, the Mayor of Stratford on-Avon, replied, with a protest against attributing to the committee an intention to insult Mr. Phelps. That gentleman, however, still insisted on his right to play the part of Hamlet, and as his right has not been conceded it seems probable that Mr. Phelps will take no part in the Stratford commemoration. It is understood that it was Mr. Fechter to whom the committee had allotted the part of Hamlet ; and it is very much to be regretted that the personal feeling which has manifested itself to so great an extent in connection with the London movement, but which we trust has now subsided, should have been permitted to intrude itself at Stratford-on- Avon. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, CARMARTHENSHIRE HUNT AND STEEPLE CHASE MEETING.—TuuRsDAL The County Members' Plate of N sow), added to a handicap sweepstakes of 8 soya each. Four miles. Mr Powell's Annie Laurie, aged, lOst lib .. (J. Pope) 1 Mr Powell's Ace of Hearts, aged, 13st 31b (in 101 b ex.) (Davies) 2 Mr Holman's De Ruyter, 6 yrs, list 21b .. (G. Holman) 3 Mr Riddell's Carew, aged, 10st 31b (Owner) 4 Fenton and Mountain Lass also ran. Betting-2 to 1 agst Do Ruy ter, and 3to 1 agat Ace of Hearts and Annie Laurie, coupled.—Won by 20 lengths, Bad third. The Ladies' Plate of 25 sovs, added to a selling stake of 2 soya each ; selling allowances. About two miles. Mr Riddell's Aunt Sally, aged, list 71b (Owner) 1 Mr Powell's Miss Nightingale, aged, lOst 71b (T. Davies) 2 The following also ran :—Cumberland, Reception, Ma genta, and Jack. Betting-5 to 4 agst Miss Nightingale, 2to 1 agst Aunt Sally, 5 to 2 agst Jack, and 5 to 1 agst Magenta.—Won by two lengths, only two passing the post. The winner was bought in for 106 guineas. The Hunters' Stakes of 3 soya each, with 30 added, for horses that have been regularly hunted; four-year - olds, lOst 71b; five, list 51b; six and aged, 12st ; winners extra. About three miles. Mr Powell's Annie Laurie, aged, 12st 7:b .... (J. Pope) 1 Mr Lort-Phillips's Jack, aged, 12st 71b (O Stevens) 2 Carmarthen, !Ost 121 b (Owner) 3 Mr. Harries's Whisperer, 6 yrs, 12$ 71b.... (T Davies) 0 Betting-6 to 4on Annie Laurie, 2to 1 agst Whisperer, and 3to 1 agst Jack.—Won by three lengths. Bad third. A PRINTERS' CIIAPEL.—That a body of prin ters working together is called a " chapel," may be amongst the things not gen erall y known. The term is derived, as those who have re ad the life of Caxton and the history of printing will doubtless . know, from the fact that the earliest pr esses were set up in a chapel attached to sonic religious Ip.use or monastery, then the general seats of learning. The word has been transmitted through many gene rations, and is an exceedingly pictorial one, carr ying the mind back to an age happily long vanished. Fancy, however, must not whirl us away too fast or too far. We must not picture to ourselves mullioned windows, fluted shafts, and groined roofs as constituting the atelier of the modern . printer. There is nevertheless some thing highly interesting even in a modern printing-office. The long room, the lines of desks or "cases" ranged regu larly against the walls, the files of compositors dippingtheir nimble fingers in the little square type-b oxes , th e rapi dity and precision with which piece after piece of metal is thumbed into the "stick," the consciousness that these men in the white blouses aro agents of a tremendous power, and are weaving words which will speak from one end of the world to the other—all these thugs impress us strongly as we examine the busy hives. The eldest man of the body receives the honourable title of "father of the chapel ;" though it by no means . follows th at h e exerc i ses c hi e f authority over his oluldren.—Once a Weeks SHARE MARKETS ,---This day. Closing faid.l "Sharel Railways. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co Bristol arid Exeter Caledonian Cork and liandou Cornwall Do A ets no di v Do. B till (lp c.p an. has been paid 13. Dublin & 13ellast Junc. !Dun.,PerthotAb. June. ;Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western., Great Eastern, Ord. stk 8 i ei 13 / 84 $ 6 120 i 121 i 812151 , 7 74 37 39 16 17 95 97 1 06 108 4 9 50 45 47 7} 13i Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthot Scotland ' Great Northern Do A stook 128 4 12§1 1341 1351 134 136 97 99 65 65} Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Irelantt Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blaokwali Lon., Bright,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Slid., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Dot sh.tres Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Binning. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 6 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction. Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon ... South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 186& Taff Vale.. • ... Do B Do C Ulster 10 91 110} 70 72 1 03 104 40 42 106, 107 i 102! luSi 51 52 128 10-1 1 1291 It i 8 100 62; 25 t 6 103 104 - - J 58 59 901 91} 125 130 21 P 77 7 9 11 11 1 123 126 13 45 98 100 53 64 821 SSI g4i eft gg 100 goi S 39 gi 10i 7i 8 P 65 ) 70 54 6. P Do _ -el Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford 4; Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R.l West Midland -Oxford Newport' Do Herel ordl OP,DINARY SHARES AND STO ( 2/ 6. Bodg e° dole 13.14. 49i F 7 90 170 175 22 25 _ - - - .-- --* BRITISII POSSESSIONS. Pal& all 100 101 tC3 i 1 P i P 51 151 8 9 - -- _ - 101 103 9i 91 , 11 1° 9 2 g4 L 65 87 101 Iv 3 96 O g 92 96 - -I' - 58 6° .... 3 5 8 2 S 4 101 153 102 154 / 102 IV* 09 97 og 101 gp 101 J O )05 101 par pa r 19 20 72 24 56 6 ° 65 67 40 b 5 50 5 2 33 1 ! 26 2 ° 20 4 WI 103 Railways it Rn 100 Sk 20 ioo 1 stock stock stock 100 100 100 IGO 100 100 100 100 stook %Aland() itt St Lawrenia Bom.,BarodaSi.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent Do. New . Do. E. Shares.. Buffalo and Laic liuroo Do. Preference Buffalo,l3rantAGodrich p. at. bds. Aug. 1, 15;"2 Do. do. July 1, 187 Do. do. June 1, Clcutta.&S. Eastn. (Lim Cape Town Dock Sall Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian. go. 5 p. c. stock stock Do. do. U Ext..... Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Bret. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred__ Do. 2d Pret. Bonus.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d net stock ... Do. do. deferred...... Do. 4th l'ref. stock... Do. do. deferred.- Gt.lndlarenul.gua.sp.o Do. New gua:s . - Do. January, 1862 .. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per oent. Gt. W. of Canada Shareb Do. New . . Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. [)o. 5t p. o. do. '77-8.. Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. o. Do. 4/ p. o. Extension De. 4 ' a` do— ...... Do. Fifth Extension. X[elb.Corp. 6 p. o. Buds. nelb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c nortg. Bds. Newßr unswiek t Candt, Class A an d B. N. Itl.C'da6 pelst pt bds chide Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Punjaub 7s' S Do. Do. ........ g.• Do. Indus. St . Flo.) COLONIAL GOVERNMENT S.EC II —nn.hur. np.c.Jaa..l thy 1877-84 c —* • ••••• 100 1 00 102 Do. 6p. . Aug. 100 99 I" Do. dp. 0. Afar. & Sept. 100 ha 104 9 0 Do. bp. c. Jan. &J uly. 10C 90 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 ,90 94 „,, Cape G.Hope, p 0,187 100 106 i v ,; Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 1 09 Do. 1890 100 1 09 !,„ 1 :, 1101 Do. Jan. & July, 1891 100 1 07 r" ;Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 ,Mauritius 6 per cent lOO 103 1," ;Natal Gov. 6 per cent 100 1 07 l v „3 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.&J u 1) 100 101 lv Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Oct 100 1 00 991 99 / N. S.W. G ov. 5 p 18 01 100 99 0. ) 1 00 1, Du. sp. c.,18...t to In7t 100 99 1 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 99 ! w' , °° New Zealand 6 p cent 100 1 07 Nova Scotia Gov. .c. steriing, 1875 6 p 1 00 103 105 .Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 s.Aus G6p.c.1878.& up 100 108 11 0 6 p.c. Ja.dauly 100 1 10 _ - ID°. io tso./1. An.&Got lOO 1091 BRITISH MINES. • Id 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 - 3 54 ufillord Amalgamated 39 570 OSO Devon G. Con.. (TaViSt.) 1 I\7l East Bassett (Illogan) 3 0 p▪ at „, i 1 last Clogau Gold Ltd 52. ic„ ) , s East Caradon '1.14.0 2i 74 East Cam Brea.... ---• L. WI Russel (Tavistk ) 1 8.9.0 5 if Gam.&StAubyn(Gwen ; 581 9 'Great South Tolg 5 us... 17s 41 7, G. Wheal Vor (Holston, 40 10i 5 4 4 6 Grenville 6.16 .1 3 8 ElerA's- Foot . 8. 12 36 „ Elingaton Downs 4.18.0 44 Lady Bertha Alargaret (t.lny Lelaut 91, Marke Valley.. 4 Ityntly Iron Oro (Lim ; 21 s ' 4 90 New Setun l9l 5° - • North Downs 2l 2 28 • 2f N.W 11'1 Basset (Mogan 3.1.0 24 ba North Wheal Crotty 2.6.9 6 Par Consols ( St. Blaze) 44 46 ,Providence(Uny Lelnt.) 1 0 . 6 . 7 g 35 'South Caradon(St.Cleer) 11 425 -- S. Cam Brea ( 6 3 21 Wheal Fran. l (Mo ga gan) n 18.18.9 157/ 0 Stray Park 30.17.6 2 1 K ['mar Silv.& Lead Alin 4l g 201 fin Crort l/ tg ‘7 , 2 West Basset (Mogan) l4 r „ 4 11 56 W radon (Liskeard) 5 2 00 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 5 1 `"',"" 50 Wheal Buller(tedruth) 10 = ' Wheal Kitty (11.Lelant) 2.0.6 ▪ 2 WhealLudcott Wheal Alm yAnn (Lien ) 8 170 Wheal tleton Bi 16 25 Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 7 3 t %S'heal Union 3.17 ES• 10 1 10 PREFERENCE t. pul4 to c4 Great Northern, 5 per cent., red. at 10 Pe r ce a n otee l°- Gt. Western, Wt. Midland, Oxford, Ist gue: e i, 97 London, Chatham, and Dover b per cent •00 sr]) ST ° PREFEMENCE SHARES London and Blackwall. 4i per cent. stk., P"'" London and S.-Western *6 per cent , 04 0,0 LINES LEASED Al' FL ED Great Eastern, Ne sm., dtc., 54 per cent.. it"' London and Chatham, 46 per Cent., --- Oj 11 1 " Ditto, Com. Fund stock. 5 per cent., FOREIGN' ItAILWAO* Antwerp and Rotterdam 8; Bahia and San Francisca( Recife and San Francisco (Rm.), gum- P IA/REIGN MOO' Cape Copper, lim., 8 7; Cobre Copper, 32 1/on Pedro, Nor. h Del Rey , I Panulcillo Copper, lim., 2} 2 Yudanaiuutana of S. Australia (Bm. AN), 21 ICS• 41 JOIN T-STOCK to ,), 4-- Alliance Bank of Lon am an d LiverPoe' Ditto, new, 306 Bank of Wales, Jim., 13 Ilm.) qua. 7 yerproecetnt.. British Chart ere North American, 43 and C lll°6l d Bank of India, Australia, a- Consolidated Bank, Urn., red, 22 English. Scotch, and Australian Chartered' European Bank, lim., 7f Imperial Bank (11m.), 26 5i Imperial Ottoman, London and Brazilian Olin.), 582 9 London and County, 651 5 London Joint Stock, London and Northern Mtn.), J 5114; 0 , London and South American. 9 a l l London and Westminster, 78 Merchant Bank, lint, 11 National Provincial of' England. --- Ditto, ditto, 321 Scinde, Punjaub. and Delhi, lim.. 61 Ditto new, 6i , Standard , of British South Africa (11'n's272 Union of Australia, 52 Union of London, 44 '}DOCKS. East and West India, 140 Victoria, 101 1 Australian Mort. Land I.lll' Ceylon Company Crystal Palace, : 3 i,IO3IISaCLLIIfnEO, . 13 1 g ' Discount Corporation, limite d, 101 if/no 4' i 11 Egyptian Commercial and Trading, 2 and Australian Copper, 2 1 0n3., 61 Gen. Cr( dit and Finance of Loudo, Hudson's B, 17 1 mit interional ay Financial society Joint stock Discount, 6 5 i "' OM" 261 London Financial Association, tl London Gencral Omnibu s Compan% National Steam Navigation, Urn., 41 'cean Marine (Insurance), 201 Peninsula arid O , iental Stews', Royal Mail Steam, 80 iirn Universal Marine (Insu rance) 3 / g West India and Pacific Steaul, National Dlocount CompialY, 6.4.0 t9.1&4 12.10 •rook all 100 (100 'lOO 2 all 100 XlOO 1281 1311 651 k I 1101 1 107 i i '/ 1031 3 1001 2 1 II 1291 1 P 1031 4 _---- d o r ßto4 ll -9- -°- I 1 1 102 t . of °l° 25 lOW 581 i g o. srfii 77i 8 941 E 100 100 100 100 100 100 ~...,. 1 41 3- ] , Rot as Par] Y by R o 4 ' 4 , 4 tAtn ediat e l Th e r • At A ve `0',11: Il e foli o ~L Or "_ oi olotie eBter Nna Ya R ota 444 hrn, th .48 e „ levy , Der t 4, yal ge was